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The activist poet Jayne Cortez passed away on Friday 28th December 2012. Her passing constitutes a great and aching loss for family and friends around the world as exemplified in the words of the GPI's Chair Michael La Rose:

Unfortunately, we have been having some teething problems with our online archive catalogue. It is currently not working but we hope to have it back up and running by January 2013. In the meantime, if you have any questions about items in the archive or would like us to do a search on your behalf, please contact Sarah Garrod or Kate Duncan via email - info@georgepadmoreinstitute.org or by phone - 0207 272 8915.

On Thursday 20th September, the film maker Nosa Igbinedion interviewed and filmed Janice Durham, Kate Duncan, Sarah Garrod, Sarita Mamseri and Nicole-Rachelle Moore for his film 'The Importance of Black History?'. The filming took place at the GPI and the film itself premieres on Tuesday 23rd October. More details to follow.

The re-released Mangrove Nine documentary, directed by Franco Rosso and produced by John La Rose, was screened at the BFI on 14 April 2012. Below are two extracts from Michael La Rose's Introduction to this screening: